The Twelve Operations · Operation 9 · Citrinitas
Fixatio Fixation
In the vessel. The volatile is made to stay: a spirit that would fly off in the fire is held in the matter until it no longer escapes.
In a life. A passing insight anchored in lasting structure: a habit, a practice, a commitment that survives your changing moods. The vision becomes a routine, and the routine a life.
Which of your insights has become a habit, and which is still only an insight?
The full section on fixation, with the other eleven operations and the four stages, is in The Magnum Opus.